Agrahari, Agraharee or Agarhari is a Rajput origin Vaishya community, claimed to be descendants of legendary Suryavanshi king Agrasena, mainly found in south Asian countries like India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Burma.[1] Alternate spellings include Agraharee, Agarahari,Agarhari, Agarehari, Agraharay, Agrahary, Agarahary, Agraheri, Agreheri, Agrehri, Agrhry, Agrhri, Agrhary, Agrahry, Agrahri, Agrahori
, Agrohori, and Agrohari. Predominately, they founded in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,[2][3][4] Delhi, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra and Gujarat. The group has been associated with the Agrawal, though scholars differ as to whether the terms are synonymous. Robert Vane Russell and Nesfield, both of whom were colonial administrators in India during British Raj period, noted the community’s presence as a Bania sub cast in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, respectively.
